STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police found a Derringer and a rifle inside the home of a Westerleigh man after he threatened his girlfriend with a gun, authorities allege.

John Cartier, 50, made the threat against his 43-year-old girlfriend on Dec. 28, inside his home on the 300 block of St. John Avenue, police allege.

When police arrived to arrest him Saturday afternoon, they found the aforementioned Derringer and a Winchester rifle, both loaded, court papers allege. He had no license to possess the weapons, police allege.

Cartier is charged with two counts each of second- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, as well as single counts of second- and third-degree menacing, second-degree harassment and criminal possession of a firearm, according to information from District Attorney Daniel Donovan's office.